Historic Stock Car Photos

[modifieddriver]

That Olds actually looks like a real car . Is it hard to form that pre-painted aluminum into those shapes?

Still have the Malibu?

Originally Posted by john56h

This one is from 1993...it is a 1965 Oldsmobile F-85. The car was turned into a hobby style Street Stock racer in 1990 and we still race it sporadically today. Track is Middletown NY Orange County Fair Speedway 5/8 mile hard clay track.

[indybigjohn]

Oh, yes. Vic Getzloff was a good friend, also. A fun-loving guy when we weren't racing.

One day at IRP, we were having a tire roll relay race, with the driver to start, then the tire would be handed off in order to five pit crew members at various stages around the track.

Trickle said at the drivers' meeting that Vic was his anchor man, and asked, "Victor wants to know if he can throw the tire to the start-finish line."

Dang, there's another story for my "Driven to the Past" column.

[meengrinch]

i believe it was at oxford plains in maine that bobby won his first nascar cup type race.....i was there.....lol

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[john56h]

I posted these unrestored pictures at the 3widespicturevault.com message board and a member there provided this picture of the poor old car in better days...Larry Burtis was the driver at Flemington, NJ.

Originally Posted by Dog427435

Old Flemington Speedway racer - check out all the old mod's and rubber fuel line!

[john56h]

Originally Posted by modifieddriver

That Olds actually looks like a real car . Is it hard to form that pre-painted aluminum into those shapes?

Still have the Malibu?

Yes Frank...still have two Malibu Street Stocks. One 1978 and one 1980. Neither has seen the track in a few years, but are kept inside and are really just in need of engines and minor stuff to be raceable again.

Every now and then I say to my brother "I can just picture two old stock framed Modified coupes sitting in a shop collecting dust back in the 70's when they became obsolete"...just like our Malibus have become recently. Except we plan to keep them and eventually they'll be vintage cars too.

The Oldsmobile actually still gets raced now and then, but the body work is nothing like it was in that picture from 17 years ago. Here's a more recent shot:

We have 2 parts cars for new body skins...but if we make it nice again, we won't want to race it at bull-rings like Accord, or Enduro events. Someday we'll fix it like new and it too will be relegated to vintage events. But, how many vintage cars can we get to one event?

[modifieddriver]

I was the ASA Series BFGoodrich Tire Rep. 2000-03.Me and my tire mounting crew were at every ASA Series event and test session during my tenure in that position.

If ya' see "BIG Vic", please tell'em that Frank, the BFG man, says hello.

BIG Vic never missed a thing. He watched us at the tire truck like a hawk. He had some neat friends. One was a guy that had an interest in the past with Butch Miller. He made some racing parts. Think his name was Nickalas. Can't remember his companies name. He talked with a small foreign accent and was a musician. Think he turned the company over to his kids and started traveling with his girl friend.

Originally Posted by indybigjohn

Oh, yes. Vic Getzloff was a good friend, also. A fun-loving guy when we weren't racing.

One day at IRP, we were having a tire roll relay race, with the driver to start, then the tire would be handed off in order to five pit crew members at various stages around the track.

Trickle said at the drivers' meeting that Vic was his anchor man, and asked, "Victor wants to know if he can throw the tire to the start-finish line."

Dang, there's another story for my "Driven to the Past" column.

[modifieddriver]

OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!! But, then again, it's a race car. I forgot there was two Malibus. I remember the one at Syracuse. Wasn't that the race where the sportsman driver was killed?

Originally Posted by john56h

Yes Frank...still have two Malibu Street Stocks. One 1978 and one 1980. Neither has seen the track in a few years, but are kept inside and are really just in need of engines and minor stuff to be raceable again.

Every now and then I say to my brother "I can just picture two old stock framed Modified coupes sitting in a shop collecting dust back in the 70's when they became obsolete"...just like our Malibus have become recently. Except we plan to keep them and eventually they'll be vintage cars too.

The Oldsmobile actually still gets raced now and then, but the body work is nothing like it was in that picture from 17 years ago. Here's a more recent shot:

We have 2 parts cars for new body skins...but if we make it nice again, we won't want to race it at bull-rings like Accord, or Enduro events. Someday we'll fix it like new and it too will be relegated to vintage events. But, how many vintage cars can we get to one event?

[john56h]

Yes Frank, unfortunately a young Sportsman driver was killed on the backstretch at Syracuse that night in 1997...they shot off the fireworks while they removed the poor soul's body. We had two Malibu Street Stocks at Syracuse that day, but one got loaded early due to the pinion gear loosening up in the heat race, haven't been back since. That was the day we made the deal to perform some BFG testing for your R-1's at Middletown and Lebanon Valley. We had fun the day you got the track at LV for some testing!

Still have a bunch of those R-1's....can't bring myself to get rid of them, cuz even though they have about 1000 laps on em, they still work on pavement.

Here's a shot of the 1978 Malibu at Accord a couple years ago. This shot illustrates the "real steel" bodied STOCK car compared to the big pillow-case looking Pro-Stock...which I happened to beat regularly that year, LOL.

(sorry, guys...I know this car probably isn't old enough to be popular with many of you)

[B.A.KING]

maybe not,but it still looks more like a race car than the one beside it. ^ i can't stand the looks of those things.jmho

[weathrmn]

Car X11, Larry Burtis, I read the history of that car on 3Wides. The body of that car was originally owned by Red Coffin.

Sure wish we could bring back Flemington, Readiing, Nazareth, Windsor. The cars and stars.

[indybigjohn]

John56h, I have to agree with B.A. King. I'd much rather watch a field of those Malibus, or even stock bodied Camaros, than look at those wedgies.

[B.A.KING]

wedgies...............

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